This month is special. To celebrate our one year podcast anniversary we are devoting episode 13 to the Queen of Woman's Pictures, Joan Crawford. No idle gossip, or mention of THAT film will intrude on the Joan love-in. We are here to celebrate Ms Crawford through three of her finest films, 'Sadie McKee', 'A Woman's Face', and 'The Damned Don't Cry'. As part of our 'Sisters under the Skin' series, part 1 is Joan but in part 2 next month we will be discussing the incomparable Bette Davis. Bless you.
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Ep 13: Joan Crawford ‘As Wobbly As The Statue of Liberty’ [the quote comes from Molly Haskell’s ground breaking study From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies in a discussion of Joan Crawford’s role as the head of a trucking company in They All Kissed the Bride]
A Woman’s Face (1941) Dir. George Cukor [DVD] MGM Studios.
Crawford, J. (1962) A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford (with Joan Kesner Ardmore). New York: Doubleday.
Crawford, J. (1971) My Way of Life. New York: Simon and Schuster.
Haskell, M. (1973) From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Newquist, R. (1980) Conversations with Joan Crawford. Secaucus: Citadel Press.
Sherman, V. (1996) Studio Affairs: My Life as a Film Director. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky.
Sadie McKee (1934) Dir. Clarence Brown [DVD] MGM Studios.
Spoto, D. (2012) Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford. London: Arrow Books.
Springer, J. (1973) Joan Crawford at Town Hall. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeSwnYo_4hw
The Damned Don’t Cry (1950) Dir. Vincent Sherman [DVD] Warner Brothers.
Interview clip at end: The Louella Parsons Show, original airing November 9th, 1947. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEJlwwRyOn8&feature=youtu.be
Lukas, Karli. (2000) A Woman's Face, Senses of Cinema http://sensesofcinema.com/2000/cteq/woman/